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this is from steve who lives in san francisco. >> i saw him before as a sexy tony danza. >> that's a compliment. mildly ridiculous. >> maybe eric estrada. now that he has that mustache he reminds me of old burt reynolds. >> we are very proud of you for sticking to this for an entire month for raising more than $1,000 along with our "right this minute" team. >> we have a surprise for you, mr. nick. >> you have to see this entire process take place. nick from hairy to not go to our website, "right this minute" and click on best of rtm. >>> free running is always fun to watch. these guys do it with a little bit of style. a little pizzazz. they arein add to the show by w l.e.d. suits as they run and jump and freestyle through bangkok. >> i like it. >> isn't that neat? >> we've seen the surfers put the l.e.d.s on their boards and skateboarders do it. why not do it like this? >> this is like a high energy christmas parade. it makes you feel like you're in the holiday spirit but you get a rush of adrenaline on top of it. so it's like the holidays on adrenaline. >> here he is looking like he
this is from steve who lives in san francisco. >> i saw him before as a sexy tony danza. >> that's a compliment. mildly ridiculous. >> maybe eric estrada. now that he has that mustache he reminds me of old burt reynolds. >> we are very proud of you for sticking to this for an entire month for raising more than $1,000 along with our "right this minute" team. >> we have a surprise for you, mr. nick. >> you have to see this entire process take place....
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around the san francisco area lighter rainfall out towards daly city. san bruno taking you did you know to street level here. geneva avenue. third street out to 280. in the east bay you will notice the aerial coverage or the coverage of the rain is beginning to increase. so in the east bay at oakland we see some light rain right now. alameda. head out towards the inland valley. walnut creek pleasant hill south bay getting very spotty showers current wind speeds. 47 miles an hour gust at novato. sfo gusting to 44 and it's only going to get worse. here's the timing of it. tonight we have the heavy rain in the north bay. watch what happens at 2:00 a.m. it's still focus in the north bay. 4 a.m. slow moving could see thunder. stronger winds coming and really it continues with the east bay and south bay getting pounded 8 to continue. r am. after noon is when we start to see a reprieve but another storm will follow significant rainfall totals coming. we have flash flood watches. wind advisory high surf advisory back with all the details in a few minutes. >> al
around the san francisco area lighter rainfall out towards daly city. san bruno taking you did you know to street level here. geneva avenue. third street out to 280. in the east bay you will notice the aerial coverage or the coverage of the rain is beginning to increase. so in the east bay at oakland we see some light rain right now. alameda. head out towards the inland valley. walnut creek pleasant hill south bay getting very spotty showers current wind speeds. 47 miles an hour gust at novato....
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antonio con 41, mi m miami 62, temperaturas envidi envidiables con 37, los angeles 57, san francisco 56, fuertes l lluvias hasta la prÓxima semana, mucha precaucion, continuamos o con mÁs de pirimer impacto. >> gracias, un avance de la t tecnologia promete eliminar la grasa, celulitis, retroceder el tiempo ¿ o no? vamos a ver de que se trata >> ha sido muy cuyrioso, en este tratamiento, decidi ir a ver lo que hacen, como lo hacen, y hace todo el procedimiento de belleza que muy pocos han logrado. >> a ella le gusta lucir bien >> siempre me gusto la moda, el maquillaje, las tendencias, m e modele un poquito, entonces s siempre me ha gustado mantenerme >> como cuida su alimentacion no esta satisfecha >> hay arpartes donde la celulis es dificilisimas, eso es lo que mÁs nos gusta >> por eso decidiÓ probar >> esta es la maquÁquina >> el doctor stephen me tomo una con radio frecuencia >> esto lo hace diferente >> lo mejor del tratamiento c comparado con lo que esta com comparado en el mercado, no hay dolor, no hay recuperacion, las personas pueden venir a hacerse el tratamiento que d
antonio con 41, mi m miami 62, temperaturas envidi envidiables con 37, los angeles 57, san francisco 56, fuertes l lluvias hasta la prÓxima semana, mucha precaucion, continuamos o con mÁs de pirimer impacto. >> gracias, un avance de la t tecnologia promete eliminar la grasa, celulitis, retroceder el tiempo ¿ o no? vamos a ver de que se trata >> ha sido muy cuyrioso, en este tratamiento, decidi ir a ver lo que hacen, como lo hacen, y hace todo el procedimiento de belleza que muy...
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heavy rain come anything around san francisco and in towards sacramento. a lot of this area prone to flooding, and we're going to see some rapid river rises here. you see this snow, for the most part it's been a pretty warm storm system, so it's been mostly rain, and the snow has been relegated to the higher elevations. most of the pass levels where people drive, those are all rain and not snow, but if it were snow, it'd be a lot more. we will see a few feet of snow falling across the higher terrain, but for the most part we're talking about rain, and it's going to continue for the next number of days. this disturbance is bringing a lot of tropical moisture in, call it the pineapple pine ap express. we have the one storm today, a bit of a break tomorrow and then the next batch comes in heavy. and, again, that's by sunday. by the time this is done, we're going to see probably another 10 inches of rain in addition to what has already fallen, so that's going to continue to cause all of the flooding concerns. looks like there's another storm behind that for tu
heavy rain come anything around san francisco and in towards sacramento. a lot of this area prone to flooding, and we're going to see some rapid river rises here. you see this snow, for the most part it's been a pretty warm storm system, so it's been mostly rain, and the snow has been relegated to the higher elevations. most of the pass levels where people drive, those are all rain and not snow, but if it were snow, it'd be a lot more. we will see a few feet of snow falling across the higher...
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headquarters here in san francisco. [cheers and applause] and because they're located here, we can always ask them for a favor here and there and make sure no one is left out, because that is what we do in government. david chiu and i come from backgrounds where we do not want to leave anybody behind. we want everybody to enjoy the riches of technology. we want them to enjoy the economy in san francisco. that is why we're working so hard to make sure our central marketplace is welcoming of all these technology companies, making sure that we can work with other cities. i am very lucky to be part of the u.s. conference of mayors, and they allow me to represent san francisco as the innovative center for all the rest of the cities across the country. so we get to compare information and there. what these days i will get to talk to you while i am in washington, d.c., and you can hear what i am saying across there, so we can enjoy it -- wherever i go, you know i will be working and not fooling around. finally, we also are usi
headquarters here in san francisco. [cheers and applause] and because they're located here, we can always ask them for a favor here and there and make sure no one is left out, because that is what we do in government. david chiu and i come from backgrounds where we do not want to leave anybody behind. we want everybody to enjoy the riches of technology. we want them to enjoy the economy in san francisco. that is why we're working so hard to make sure our central marketplace is welcoming of all...
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"san francisco" "i come home to san francisco". "golden sun will shine on me" . [cheers and applause] >> thank you very much >> well, good morning, good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us. here in the outer sunset on a, what is looking to be a beautiful day, my name is joaquin torres, with the work force development lead intion mayor lee's program look tog coordinate city resources both existing and new to serve our neighborhoods in need and to serve our small business commercial corridors. one of the things that has been so important to the mayor is making sure that we're attentive and listening to the streets and there is certainly no one better to know that than mayor lee who has been both our director of public works, then moved on to being city administrator, and now our mayor of our city. so, to make the announcement of this new program that will benefit merchants and small businesses up and down corridors like the one we're here on today, i'd like to invite further direction, mayor lee. thank you, mayor. (applause) >> thank you. it's great to
"san francisco" "i come home to san francisco". "golden sun will shine on me" . [cheers and applause] >> thank you very much >> well, good morning, good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us. here in the outer sunset on a, what is looking to be a beautiful day, my name is joaquin torres, with the work force development lead intion mayor lee's program look tog coordinate city resources both existing and new to serve our neighborhoods in need...
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francisco or the san joaquin valley. >> thank you, mr. boland. >> we fill a little different role. we don't have any infrastructure but we represent utilities that have 88 percent of the infrastructure that keep our populations running. we cover from the mexican border to oregon and what we facilitate through the organization is we are embedded with the state of california through the last 60 years. we are in the cali complex, we have an mou with the secretary of cali and can bring resources from other companies in the field across all the disciplines for mutual assistance. we can stage, deploy and sit on situational awareness providing the state the information they need to posture a response and at the same time we can then be putting together the teams that are going to have to come in and support pg&e or other utilities that are in the stricken zone. we'll be calling on organizations from san diego to redding, we'll be calling on organizations outside the state of california that we have mou's with out of nevada and other surrounding
francisco or the san joaquin valley. >> thank you, mr. boland. >> we fill a little different role. we don't have any infrastructure but we represent utilities that have 88 percent of the infrastructure that keep our populations running. we cover from the mexican border to oregon and what we facilitate through the organization is we are embedded with the state of california through the last 60 years. we are in the cali complex, we have an mou with the secretary of cali and can bring...
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san francisco has a tradition. they voted for us to get 3 medallions. and you have never carried that. you take money from us and give it to the muni, who already has a surplus, giving away free rides and god knows what else. because muni has such a high pension; we get nothing, you take money from our pockets and give us nothing in return. it is disgraceful and criminal for you to do this. (applause) >> chairman nolan: next speaker. >> good afternoon. >> mark brewer, united taxicab workers. this is one of the bitterest days in the more than 20 years that i have been active on these issues; and i have seen many bitter base especially since his body took over. how can you listen to the heart-felt please, the angry-please and turn them away? and you will. you are not an objective decision-making policy. you are group that has your own interests, that conflict with the interests of the people in this room. and you are simply turning away from them, and feeding your own coffers. just to give you a figure, i added what you have thus far gain from medallions
san francisco has a tradition. they voted for us to get 3 medallions. and you have never carried that. you take money from us and give it to the muni, who already has a surplus, giving away free rides and god knows what else. because muni has such a high pension; we get nothing, you take money from our pockets and give us nothing in return. it is disgraceful and criminal for you to do this. (applause) >> chairman nolan: next speaker. >> good afternoon. >> mark brewer, united...
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san francisco inch. this is the morning commute. through the bay, watch what happens, doubling the numbers. 2 inches in oakland. 2-inches in redwood city. what does it mean? the morning commute will be really, really wet, really, really windy and really, really slow. that is the headline. when i come back, we have another system. equally as strong as this system that gets here on the weekend. we will time that out and we have breaks in there too. they will be important. i will see you back here. >>> we have more storm watch coverage now. people are bracing for the storm. ktvu's ken pritchett is live, that is where sand bags are a hot commodity. >> reporter: right now we are that canal, you hear the water flowing. it is a flood control canal. huge canal. the we found residents getting ready for the rains just in case. you should be seeing here bob. he is putting up sand bags to protect his home as he does every time the rains come. the city is providing sand bags at the police station and at city hall. he bags up 10 sand bags. it is
san francisco inch. this is the morning commute. through the bay, watch what happens, doubling the numbers. 2 inches in oakland. 2-inches in redwood city. what does it mean? the morning commute will be really, really wet, really, really windy and really, really slow. that is the headline. when i come back, we have another system. equally as strong as this system that gets here on the weekend. we will time that out and we have breaks in there too. they will be important. i will see you back...
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earlier traffic alerts on 101 leaving san francisco is cleared. but we are seeing new problems pop up. towards the bay bridge toll plaza, it's pretty windy. we can already see some ponding especially in the middle lanes. that's where it tends to gather, the fastrak lanes. right now no big delays heading into san francisco but take it extra careful on a lot of bay area bridges, a lot of wind advisories in effect. otherwise, coming up northbound towards cotati there is a smaller mud slide approaching railroad avenue and look at our cameras moving back and forth this morning a live look at the nimitz. this is 880 in oakland. you can see the headlights moving southbound towards oakland airport, oakland coliseum. nice across this stretch except for the slick roads. a lot of reports of downed trees as well as so if you want to use mass transit this morning, we are going to be really pumping up mass transit. everything is so far reporting no delay for bart systemwide, ace train number one, muni, caltrain and ferries. that's a check of traffic. back to yo
earlier traffic alerts on 101 leaving san francisco is cleared. but we are seeing new problems pop up. towards the bay bridge toll plaza, it's pretty windy. we can already see some ponding especially in the middle lanes. that's where it tends to gather, the fastrak lanes. right now no big delays heading into san francisco but take it extra careful on a lot of bay area bridges, a lot of wind advisories in effect. otherwise, coming up northbound towards cotati there is a smaller mud slide...
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san francisco in terms of districts? >> i'm sorry. i couldn't hear the last part. >> you want to speak right into the mic. >> in terms of the focus group how will you find the individuals for the focus group and will they have a diverse of individuals throughout san francisco and in terms of the presentation and distribution do you have a general idea of the break down throughout districts? >> so on the focus group formation we will rely heavily on our contractor to identify individuals, but we are looking for a diverse and representative focus group. in terms of the break down -- no, our focus is on those areas of the city that as the chart shows are in the deep green sectors and so those are the areas we will be focusing on. we do have detail numbers behind the picture that we could certainly share with you, and have shared with the puc previously. >> okay. very good. commissioner mo ran. >> thank you through the chair do we know what the pg&e premium is likely to be for their green offering. >> in their initial propos
san francisco in terms of districts? >> i'm sorry. i couldn't hear the last part. >> you want to speak right into the mic. >> in terms of the focus group how will you find the individuals for the focus group and will they have a diverse of individuals throughout san francisco and in terms of the presentation and distribution do you have a general idea of the break down throughout districts? >> so on the focus group formation we will rely heavily on our contractor to...
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i am a recent -- i recently moved to san francisco and learned about off the grid and the food trucks, the booming food truck business here and felt very compelled to get involved and help out especially with the new legislation currently on the tabe >> one point i wanted to clarify, since it's been discussed today. this talk about the 300' radius. much as we certainly do appreciate supervisor wiener's office getting involved and putting insomuch work and time put into it, as he said a big push for this legislation was to eliminate the sort of incidencery discretionary decision-making in the existing legislation that allows the department to make decisions about which foods are fleeting within the 300' radius. so i just wanted to make it clear and put it on the record that the proposed legislation's 300' zone is still allows the same type of discretion from the department to decide on whether a permit should be granted depending on which restaurants are within 300 feet. i just wanted to make that clear. thanks. >> thank you. any other public comment on items 9, 10 and 11? seeing none,
i am a recent -- i recently moved to san francisco and learned about off the grid and the food trucks, the booming food truck business here and felt very compelled to get involved and help out especially with the new legislation currently on the tabe >> one point i wanted to clarify, since it's been discussed today. this talk about the 300' radius. much as we certainly do appreciate supervisor wiener's office getting involved and putting insomuch work and time put into it, as he said a...
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the san francisco side of the bay bridge also lost power briefly. the suspension span was briefly in the dark this morning, as well. but now the power is all back on. kcbs radio reports that wade thomas elementary in san anselmo is closed because of a power outage there. stay with us, traffic and weather coming up. ,,,,,,,,,, >>> good morning. there's no two ways about it. it is just a busy morning commute. we are getting flooding reports, numerous spinouts and accidents and the east bay commute, this is live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights are on. stacked up through the macarthur maze and really all the approaches to the bay bridge are very slow, as well. san mateo bridge moderately heavy now on westbound 92 if you are travel that way. this is a live look right now. we still have wind advisories in effect and taking a check of the san jose commute, we are getting word of flooding now affecting three lanes of northbound 87. the guadalupe parkway there approaching taylor. and as you just saw from that map, parts of highway 84 have
the san francisco side of the bay bridge also lost power briefly. the suspension span was briefly in the dark this morning, as well. but now the power is all back on. kcbs radio reports that wade thomas elementary in san anselmo is closed because of a power outage there. stay with us, traffic and weather coming up. ,,,,,,,,,, >>> good morning. there's no two ways about it. it is just a busy morning commute. we are getting flooding reports, numerous spinouts and accidents and the east...
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essentially that china town is the densest in san francisco, the most open space poor, as you often hear in our conversations here, and that the analysis the planning department did indicated much of the spillover from increased density created by the new housing and new office space in the plan area would affect not just the downtown and south of market by china town. what is before you today is affirming and supporting what the planning commission did on october 18th. to prioritize spending those impact fees in the china town neighborhood. i want to note quickly the ipic committee on which the rec department has a seat is body charged with the actually allocation of those fees. i believe we talked a little about that in the september hearing but happy to answer more questions on that, as necessary. >> is there any public comment on this item? please come forward. >> good morning, aim may chan. i'm a legislative advisor for david chu. i want to express our support for resolution before you that prioritizes impact fee revenues from the transbay improvements in china town. the china town
essentially that china town is the densest in san francisco, the most open space poor, as you often hear in our conversations here, and that the analysis the planning department did indicated much of the spillover from increased density created by the new housing and new office space in the plan area would affect not just the downtown and south of market by china town. what is before you today is affirming and supporting what the planning commission did on october 18th. to prioritize spending...
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trained as a sign language expert and interpreter, he established a death services program ast san francisco state university, provided support services for colleges. we don't call them disabled. they happen to have a disability. he joined pacific bell, helped organize honda the advisory group for people that happen to have a disability. he gave them put to that company on how to develop features that will help them do better. he became the director of death and disabled services. he was executive director for berkeley in 2001. under dmitri's direction, they have expanded it, they have done so many different things. i can't even less the mall. he sends people out that happen to be disabled and of a test things. before they get out there, to make sure that they are done the right way. so they can practically help people. it is my pleasure right now. give a warm welcome cojones -- to mr. dmitri belzer. [applause] >> thank you, dave. i just decided who will be giving this speech that my memorial service, that is a great introduction. i want to talk to them about how people with disabilities use
trained as a sign language expert and interpreter, he established a death services program ast san francisco state university, provided support services for colleges. we don't call them disabled. they happen to have a disability. he joined pacific bell, helped organize honda the advisory group for people that happen to have a disability. he gave them put to that company on how to develop features that will help them do better. he became the director of death and disabled services. he was...
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the impacts on san francisco could be devastating. until we have more clarity, what congress as a whole might or might not do we will need to remain vigilant about protecting our reserves and the city's financial position. that said i'm encouraged by the reelection of president obama and certainly for the leadership that leader pelosi has given and will continue to give. we will need their leadership as the president must quickly face the challenge of his second term, avoiding this fiscal cliff. in august of 2011 congress passed the budget control act which threatened automatic spending cuts if congress failed to come up with a planned deficit reduction by 2013. these cuts are what we refer to as sequestration. this would mean an across the board cut of between 7% and 10% of all defense and non-defense federal spending irrespective of policy or its impact on everyday people. these cuts would be absolutely devastating to our national and local economies. our -- show that sequestration will reduce federal funding direct to san francisco
the impacts on san francisco could be devastating. until we have more clarity, what congress as a whole might or might not do we will need to remain vigilant about protecting our reserves and the city's financial position. that said i'm encouraged by the reelection of president obama and certainly for the leadership that leader pelosi has given and will continue to give. we will need their leadership as the president must quickly face the challenge of his second term, avoiding this fiscal...
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he was born in san francisco california. he was raised in puerto rico and his traditions of his family always had music and his studies of afro latin music have included trips to new york, puerto rico and columbia and brazil and i know the director of the theater of women in the arts will let you know he's playing in the days ahead. [applause] so senor santos thank you so much for your contributions to the arts community here in san francisco and we thank you for your service. [applause] >> thank you very much wa wean. i want to say thank you to the mayor also, to the nominating committee. i also want to acknowledge my family, my inspiration. my father who passed away last week who was also a san francisco native. my mom in the hospital right now after a knee replacement and also a san francisco native. this means a lot for us. i know i speak for 99% of the latino and jazz musicians who are not playing commercial music whose photos are not on the covers of magazines or in the newspaper or not on television, and we play this
he was born in san francisco california. he was raised in puerto rico and his traditions of his family always had music and his studies of afro latin music have included trips to new york, puerto rico and columbia and brazil and i know the director of the theater of women in the arts will let you know he's playing in the days ahead. [applause] so senor santos thank you so much for your contributions to the arts community here in san francisco and we thank you for your service. [applause]...
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office up and running here with san francisco data. so, it's great to be able to do that. just one note of caution of how do you prevent kind of third-party data integrators from owning that data. i think jay was talking about it earlier on. it's just a note of caution for you guys. >> how do we prevent vendors from holding the data? >> yes. >> we're still working on this piece with our legal department. we're looking to do and this is very exploratory right now, really looking at the contracting process itself and how we can use that as a mechanism. basically we want to do business with you if you're willing to share your data. as jay mentioned we don't want to be held hostage. we don't want our data to be held hostage to the companies. as we figure this out, we'll continue going about it and providing updates. yeah, i think that there's actually a lot of companies out there that are being powered right now with our open data program. so, if there's any that aren't represented here today, please let us know. we would love to feature y
office up and running here with san francisco data. so, it's great to be able to do that. just one note of caution of how do you prevent kind of third-party data integrators from owning that data. i think jay was talking about it earlier on. it's just a note of caution for you guys. >> how do we prevent vendors from holding the data? >> yes. >> we're still working on this piece with our legal department. we're looking to do and this is very exploratory right now, really...
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this is what san francisco is about. we have an incredible committee of people that have volunteered and put forth i want to be part of this team effort to, build a bay area super bowl event that will be not only long lasting for the sports itself but with daniel's leadership and supervisor feral that's been such an incredible partner in the dialogue to help us form our ideas. and for somebody who's spnt his personal time creating the educational links between our school district and kids and parents, to created a decisional open space in private efforts, we have the right team. today, in concert with mayor mathews and mayor reed with people in business, philanthropy, academia coming together, certainly under the very large umbrella of wanting and wishing and making sure this is the most philanthropic event the world's ever seen. it is appropriately hosted in san francisco. i have often heard when something happens in the city they want it to city. when something happens in san francisco, we want the whole world to know
this is what san francisco is about. we have an incredible committee of people that have volunteered and put forth i want to be part of this team effort to, build a bay area super bowl event that will be not only long lasting for the sports itself but with daniel's leadership and supervisor feral that's been such an incredible partner in the dialogue to help us form our ideas. and for somebody who's spnt his personal time creating the educational links between our school district and kids and...
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city of san francisco. and i first want to also echo what our fire chief just said as far as welcoming all of you who have been serving our country and the world in uniform. i want to thank those of you who helped to run our first responder departments around the bay area. i want to thank those of you who are our volunteers, our note programs here. and of course want to thank and welcome our san francisco secretary of state and the woman who manages and orders around that secretary of state, charles m. charlotte schultz. (applause) >> now, this week as you know, there is a lot going on here. and in addition to welcoming you here at the scenier leader seminar, i want to tell you we were so excited that the sls would be here that we decided this weekend to also require the americas cup to celebrate -- to require the san francisco giants to have a play off game, the 49ers to play this weekend, the blue grass festival to be here, the parade, as well as the castro sea fair to coincide and welcome you in style. b
city of san francisco. and i first want to also echo what our fire chief just said as far as welcoming all of you who have been serving our country and the world in uniform. i want to thank those of you who helped to run our first responder departments around the bay area. i want to thank those of you who are our volunteers, our note programs here. and of course want to thank and welcome our san francisco secretary of state and the woman who manages and orders around that secretary of state,...
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cuisine of san francisco. we have dun's grab, oysters, clam chowder, things that are harvested locally in the area. we think this is the best way possible to showcase this regional food for the neighborhood and the visitors of san francisco. it's going to be such an iconic use, and i'd like to let my brother speak. >> hi, commissioners, supervisors, excuse me. thank you for having us. my name is rowan. i want to say thank you and i want to say that the neighbors are my primary concern. obviously it's the topic at hand i think that's what we can all agree on. and having two restaurants -- or three restaurants with my brothers, i can assure you that we're very aware of neighbors -- neighborhood problems, and i just want to say that's my concern. thank you. >> hi, i'm tyler. you know i grew up in the santa cruz mountains with my brothers in a wooden house that our parents built. and dillon was honored with the name dillon woodhouse mcniven and i live in mission with both my brothers and we're still in a wood hous
cuisine of san francisco. we have dun's grab, oysters, clam chowder, things that are harvested locally in the area. we think this is the best way possible to showcase this regional food for the neighborhood and the visitors of san francisco. it's going to be such an iconic use, and i'd like to let my brother speak. >> hi, commissioners, supervisors, excuse me. thank you for having us. my name is rowan. i want to say thank you and i want to say that the neighbors are my primary concern....
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francisco businesses start and grow here in san francisco. our first speaker is mayor lee. he has been a strong advocate of open data, both in his current position and also historically as the city administrator. and he's going to be sharing with you some really exciting announcements and his vision for open data. mayor? (applause) >> hi, good morning. welcome again to innovation month in san francisco. it's great to be here. as you know, i've been working really hard with organizations like sf city and code for america and others to make sure that we keep being leaders in technology and celebrating our status, but also implementing the programs to help us continue that very nice title we have, the innovation capital of the world. and i am here today in collaboration with board president david chiu and so many others from our committee on information technology, spur, our different various city departments, really trying to improve on what we've done already. back in 2009 then mayor gavin newsome to the light of all of us had introduced that
francisco businesses start and grow here in san francisco. our first speaker is mayor lee. he has been a strong advocate of open data, both in his current position and also historically as the city administrator. and he's going to be sharing with you some really exciting announcements and his vision for open data. mayor? (applause) >> hi, good morning. welcome again to innovation month in san francisco. it's great to be here. as you know, i've been working really hard with organizations...
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first of all the coaches of the san francisco giants. tim flan ree. >> ron roatus. >> the hitting instructor and royalty from cure sal. >> giants first base coach roberto kelly. >> the great pitching coach of the best pitching staff on the planet, dave righetti. >> and saibian likes to call him pitching coach number two, mark gardener. >> coach and the catching instructor bill hayes. >> and giants hitting instructor joe lefebvre. >> there are only 23 managers in the long history of major league baseball who have won at least two world series. he's the first national manager to win two just like that since the mid-70's. ladies and gentlemen, the manager of the world champion giants, bruce bochy. [cheers and applause] >> that's right. bruce! okay. now let's meet the players themselves. [cheers and applause] we need to give this guy a big round of applause. unfortunately he couldn't be here because of a family emergency but he had the winning run in game four. give it up for ryan theriot. he saved a perfect game with the greatest catch of t
first of all the coaches of the san francisco giants. tim flan ree. >> ron roatus. >> the hitting instructor and royalty from cure sal. >> giants first base coach roberto kelly. >> the great pitching coach of the best pitching staff on the planet, dave righetti. >> and saibian likes to call him pitching coach number two, mark gardener. >> coach and the catching instructor bill hayes. >> and giants hitting instructor joe lefebvre. >> there are only...
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francisco we recognize this as national indian month here in san francisco. [applause] >> smoky bay singers. two starts, napsters. two starts. here we go. (drums and chanting). >> how about a big round of applause for all our dancers. here we go. indian way. [applause] napsters, keep it going. make them dance. dancer style. there you go. get it. the dancers were lead in by larry harrison and will be lead out. ( chanting). >> all right. one more time. how about a big round of applause for all our dancers, for all our singers? [applause] >> all right. it's a great honor to bring to the stage at this time liz hunt on behalf of the american indian health center santa clara valley. [applause] >> thank you earl and thank you everybody. it's an honor to be here. i am liz hunt and we have been honored to serve the american indian community in the south bay for over 35 years. it is my pleasure to introduce our first honoree. izatzi hernandez. [applause] she is the program prevention substance abuse coordinator at the health center. she is a mother of two and she is pu
francisco we recognize this as national indian month here in san francisco. [applause] >> smoky bay singers. two starts, napsters. two starts. here we go. (drums and chanting). >> how about a big round of applause for all our dancers. here we go. indian way. [applause] napsters, keep it going. make them dance. dancer style. there you go. get it. the dancers were lead in by larry harrison and will be lead out. ( chanting). >> all right. one more time. how about a big round of...
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by the san francisco board of education. we, in san francisco, have seen tremendous economic growth coming out of the most severe recession since the great depression, and having served on regional bodies that include other jurisdictions, i can tell you that we are very lucky in san francisco, that we are lucky that we have the resources that we have had, and that we hopefully will continue to have. but, yetd yet, in a city as wealthy as san francisco we have a school district that is facing a crisis. we have about half of our students in this class of 2014 that may not be able to graduate and meet the requirements. san francisco has to do better than that. and even though money is not everything, the ability for us to commit resources as a city is really important. and what i understand of this item is that there is a discussion about whether or not to tie the funding that's underlying this item to the rainy day fund. and to the extent that happens, to the extent that there is a connection between this appropriation and the
by the san francisco board of education. we, in san francisco, have seen tremendous economic growth coming out of the most severe recession since the great depression, and having served on regional bodies that include other jurisdictions, i can tell you that we are very lucky in san francisco, that we are lucky that we have the resources that we have had, and that we hopefully will continue to have. but, yetd yet, in a city as wealthy as san francisco we have a school district that is facing a...
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he has important history here in san francisco. he was the founder and former publisher editor of the san francisco" nx based philippe news. he and the philippine news have played a major role in the growing visibility and activism an outspoken critic of the late president marcos and despite bribes from the administration he continued to fiercely expose the human rights violations of the dictator. seven kids in the sunset and produced the philippine news from their headquarters south of market to become the most read filipino newspaper in the united states with circulation of 120,000. he's founding chairperson of national federation of philippine american association, been a voice for immigrants rights, farm workers struggle and -- equity for over five decades. last month he received a lifetime achievement award from the filipino-american press club. he is survived by his wife and seven kids. >> clerk calvillo: thank you, supervisor avalos. supervisor mar. >> supervisor mar: thank you. i first wanted to ask if we could -- meeting i
he has important history here in san francisco. he was the founder and former publisher editor of the san francisco" nx based philippe news. he and the philippine news have played a major role in the growing visibility and activism an outspoken critic of the late president marcos and despite bribes from the administration he continued to fiercely expose the human rights violations of the dictator. seven kids in the sunset and produced the philippine news from their headquarters south of...
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francisco to the whole team of the san francisco giants. [cheers and applause] you know we usually give keys to individual dignitaries who have accomplished great things, whether it was the president of ireland or people like tony bennett who has contributed so many of their years to our history, or even a matt cain and his wonderful perfect game in san francisco. we normally celebrate those individual accomplishments but today we're going to break with that tradition and present this key to the entire team and the coaching staff. everybody involved with the giants, the investors, their front office. congratulations to a team that does not know how to quit, never gives up, and defies the odds at every opportunity. here's to showing the world who it means to play for each other. come on up larry for a key to the city to the whole team. [cheers and applause] and larry on behalf of a grateful city to the whole team we present you the city to the city for the whole organization involved. congratulations on a wonderful, wch championship for all
francisco to the whole team of the san francisco giants. [cheers and applause] you know we usually give keys to individual dignitaries who have accomplished great things, whether it was the president of ireland or people like tony bennett who has contributed so many of their years to our history, or even a matt cain and his wonderful perfect game in san francisco. we normally celebrate those individual accomplishments but today we're going to break with that tradition and present this key to...
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congratulations and thanks for being here in san francisco. [applause] >> hello, i am with the san francisco parks department serious we are featuring some wonderful locations in your and very own backyard. this is your chance to find your heart in san francisco with someone special. we are here at the lovely and historic palace of fine arts, located in the bustling marina district. originally built for the 1950's exposition, the palace is situated along san francisco's waterfront. it is ada accessible and is reached by the 28, 30, and 91 bus lines. with its rotunda, columns, uncut the reflecting waters against the eucalyptus trees, it is one of the most romantic settings for special dates, and memorable proposals. it is also a perfect spot where you can relax with that special someone while listening to the water and fountain in the lagoon. beautiful to view from many locations, and inside is an ideal place to walk around with your loved ones. the palace is the most popular wedding location in the city park system. reservations for weddings a
congratulations and thanks for being here in san francisco. [applause] >> hello, i am with the san francisco parks department serious we are featuring some wonderful locations in your and very own backyard. this is your chance to find your heart in san francisco with someone special. we are here at the lovely and historic palace of fine arts, located in the bustling marina district. originally built for the 1950's exposition, the palace is situated along san francisco's waterfront. it is...
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so, please listen to what the residents are saying because we love san francisco. i've been a resident for 69 years. so, don't take it away from me. how are you doing, sweetheart? it's good to see you. [laughter] >> she was talking to you. (applause) >> yes. >>> good evening, commissioners. eric brooks here representing san francisco green party and the local grassroots organization our city. so, first i want to just repeat and pick up where sister jackson left off, sister and dr. jackson, i hope that's adequate. that, you know, if you're going to write legislation to change c-e-q-a, you need to get the public and the people that are being affected by the changes you're making in c-e-q-a access at the table first before you write the legislation. the last two planning commission hearings, we had stakeholder meetings down in the basement each time. over 20 different people from several different groups from all across the spectrum. none of us were contacted before this legislation was drafted, zero. that is just an unacceptable public process. so, this -- and now i
so, please listen to what the residents are saying because we love san francisco. i've been a resident for 69 years. so, don't take it away from me. how are you doing, sweetheart? it's good to see you. [laughter] >> she was talking to you. (applause) >> yes. >>> good evening, commissioners. eric brooks here representing san francisco green party and the local grassroots organization our city. so, first i want to just repeat and pick up where sister jackson left off, sister...
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we have too many families live in san francisco. how many families do you want to leave san francisco. already 30,000/f families have left san francisco. why can't we give our youth free passes. let's do the right thing. thank you very much. >> supervisor wiener: next speaker. >> >> supervisor elsbernd: respectfully i think everyone in the room knows we don't applaud, we don't cheer. let the meeting continue without those kinds of interruptions. >> eric woo, part of the youth commission and i've worked on this campaign for a year with chinatown community development center. i'm speaking in favor of the -- need for low income youth program and i just want to highlight -- i just want to point out that this program, we are not investing either on capital improvements for muni, or the -- or on our young people. we're doing both with the funding we have -- from the transit performance initiate source. i also want to highlight that the funding is a good fit for our pilot program. 40,000 youth would benefit from this program along with the
we have too many families live in san francisco. how many families do you want to leave san francisco. already 30,000/f families have left san francisco. why can't we give our youth free passes. let's do the right thing. thank you very much. >> supervisor wiener: next speaker. >> >> supervisor elsbernd: respectfully i think everyone in the room knows we don't applaud, we don't cheer. let the meeting continue without those kinds of interruptions. >> eric woo, part of the...
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so, ideally, using the san francisco rec and park, the future san francisco arts app, using our mobile commerce to manage that is creating jobs, revenue, and efficiency for the public and tourists to be able to navigate san francisco in a way that hasn't been done before. thank you. >> all right. (applause)
so, ideally, using the san francisco rec and park, the future san francisco arts app, using our mobile commerce to manage that is creating jobs, revenue, and efficiency for the public and tourists to be able to navigate san francisco in a way that hasn't been done before. thank you. >> all right. (applause)
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we do not have our own helicopters in oakland or san francisco itself, as was already mentioned to, san francisco is very difficult to get to in the case of a major event. it's either going to be getting people in or obviously getting across the bridges and getting material in. while we have the transport ability on the ground we don't have a lot of aircraft capability. most of our facilities wouldn't come in via aircraft anyway. the services we need, it's not typically getting the people, it's getting to the location you need to do the work. while we can drop folks via helicopter, we do that on a pretty regular basis during fires and storms up in the mountains, it's going to be able to get the roads clear and get the bridges open or get access into the location for which we need to get to. in fact, we suffered tlie that in a lot of the big cities just even during commute times if there's a minor emergency getting tlau and we have a relationship with the city here in san francisco where the fire department and the first responders have reached out to us and will help us get there. i can
we do not have our own helicopters in oakland or san francisco itself, as was already mentioned to, san francisco is very difficult to get to in the case of a major event. it's either going to be getting people in or obviously getting across the bridges and getting material in. while we have the transport ability on the ground we don't have a lot of aircraft capability. most of our facilities wouldn't come in via aircraft anyway. the services we need, it's not typically getting the people, it's...
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secondly, it takes you guys out of the san francisco taxi cab business; we need a new san francisco taxicab commission totally outside of this body. (applause) >> -- driving 20 years, position 200. i started driving 20 years ago as a cab driver; probably limit you guys remember. i started in the sunshine cab company. for the beginning, almost [indiscernible] ; last 20 years i paid 1.25 millon to the cab companies. i'm poor. now you have come with the funny idea, you want to sell us a medallion. i paid 1.25 million to the cab companies over the last 20 years. how much is that worth? how much 20 years at my age is worth. no you guys come with another funny idea. 150 people give 150,000. how about risk? i'm 64 years old. how about my family? what are you guys going to do for these people? do you think you are a -- i am a father, husband, broither,a neighbor, good person. what is going on with this corrupted city? i am a young man? 64 years old. what should i do? at 64 years old. start from scratch. can i make a payment? you tell me. are you guys american? are you guys american? cheating your n
secondly, it takes you guys out of the san francisco taxi cab business; we need a new san francisco taxicab commission totally outside of this body. (applause) >> -- driving 20 years, position 200. i started driving 20 years ago as a cab driver; probably limit you guys remember. i started in the sunshine cab company. for the beginning, almost [indiscernible] ; last 20 years i paid 1.25 millon to the cab companies. i'm poor. now you have come with the funny idea, you want to sell us a...
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what if you owned a horses in san francisco september 11th, 2001. your tone would be a bit different, mr. buell. you seem to have total contempt for this city, the people that live in it. especially people that have recreational activities in it. yes, you, my friend, are the person with the character flaw. you, my friend, are the person with lack of respect. you, my friend, are the abs salute epitome of what is wrong with this country. yes, my friend, when people have served the city and county of san francisco and their country in any capacity to get booted out at that time is unforgivable. there is nothing that you can say or do that will ever undo the gross cultural damage this recreation park department and commission achieved. absolutely unforgivable. thank you very much. >> is there anyone else who would like to make general public comment? being none, this item is closed. we are on item five, the consent calendar. is there anyone who would like to make public comment on the consent calendar? being none, this item sem closed commissioners. >>
what if you owned a horses in san francisco september 11th, 2001. your tone would be a bit different, mr. buell. you seem to have total contempt for this city, the people that live in it. especially people that have recreational activities in it. yes, you, my friend, are the person with the character flaw. you, my friend, are the person with lack of respect. you, my friend, are the abs salute epitome of what is wrong with this country. yes, my friend, when people have served the city and county...
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they have done exhaustive research at the san francisco travels, what is needed? and met with and had many many focus meetings with industry leaders around what is required to support the convention industry. so the design is being very tailored to meet exactly -- they have lots of survey responses as well, as what is required here? we have a lot of seats here. people want to come here. we have one of the highest demand convention centers because they want to be in san francisco. but it's our facility size that is limiting us right now. >> thank you. >> commissioner riley? >> hi. you mentioned the projected occupancy would be at 87.6% when the expansion was done. so what is the current occupancy? >> i believe it's around 80%. let me see if i can find that for you as well. i don't have all the statistics on the tourism industry. i'm sorry. >> that is all right. thank you. >> i'm more of the finance person on the project, but i could definitely get that information to you. >> commissioner riley we'll follow-up with both of those questions with an email response late
they have done exhaustive research at the san francisco travels, what is needed? and met with and had many many focus meetings with industry leaders around what is required to support the convention industry. so the design is being very tailored to meet exactly -- they have lots of survey responses as well, as what is required here? we have a lot of seats here. people want to come here. we have one of the highest demand convention centers because they want to be in san francisco. but it's our...
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i work for the san francisco housing authority. i'm a eligibility worker at the robert pace development. been a team effort. for the last three or four months really appreciate your help over there because you came down there, you walked around, you see that the tenants met with everybody and it really encouraged people and being an opportunity for jobs is like -- it's awesome. the tenants are happy. we have opportunities for families to have, you know, christmas, you know, a better christmas thise%( ;p year. and i really appreciate that and i really just want to thank you, amen. >> i'm property manager of -- i've been there for about three years. and earlier in the year, in this last shooting, killing peace so thank you for the use of -- to join us, not to -- jobs, and all my -- in the housing authority support. with all determine support what we care today. everybody. >> hi. i wanted to say thank you to the supervisor olague for recognizing us today and getting m[ all of you here. good will has afforded me the opportunity to go o
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it was great for our san francisco giants, it was terrible for san francisco medical cannabis patients,x#( or providers, licensed and permitted dispensaries like myself. our employees and their families and our landlords. tunnel, however. last month, the city attorney in oakland filed a lawsuit against theap 6!ñ federal government top forfeitures of licensed permitted businesses. last week in berkeley unanimously the berkeley city council decided to follow this lawsuit, and eventually join it. i would like our city attorney in san francisco to consider this, but i do
it was great for our san francisco giants, it was terrible for san francisco medical cannabis patients,x#( or providers, licensed and permitted dispensaries like myself. our employees and their families and our landlords. tunnel, however. last month, the city attorney in oakland filed a lawsuit against theap 6!ñ federal government top forfeitures of licensed permitted businesses. last week in berkeley unanimously the berkeley city council decided to follow this lawsuit, and eventually join it....
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we've just come out of election season in san francisco. there are a lot of resources around doing field campaigns. are there folks hired as consultants or organizations that do a lot of outreach especially to communities of color that are involved in that outreach? >> yeah, that is all part of the community based organization and outreach we're looking at, and i absolutely want the folks that are representing our program to san francisco residents to be able to -- be reflective of the community they're talking to, so that's part of our focus, and what we will be working with are communications consultants on making sure we achieve. >> who is the communications consultant again? >> the commission authorized us to contract on a limited basis with davis and associates. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> commissioner vietor do you have another -- >> no, i'm done. >> commissioner olague. >> yes, i guess that is concerning to me actually. >> okay. >> i just am not sure how much experience consulting groups have working directly with communities
we've just come out of election season in san francisco. there are a lot of resources around doing field campaigns. are there folks hired as consultants or organizations that do a lot of outreach especially to communities of color that are involved in that outreach? >> yeah, that is all part of the community based organization and outreach we're looking at, and i absolutely want the folks that are representing our program to san francisco residents to be able to -- be reflective of the...
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one result of the 2008-09 losses is that the san francisco pension fund is underfunded. it is currently valued at approximately 15 billion. but actuaries estimate the funding level needs to be over $18 billion to continue meeting retirees. assuming continuing investment gains and no more investment losses, the city, as employer, needs to take at least $2 billion from its treasury, from now until 2032 to make up for the 2008-09 underfunding. note from this chart, which i don't know if the camera can get that, but the actuarially projections presented to the board showed that if investment returns do not meet expected levels city payments will rise even more and continue to be high, until the year 2032. are more losses, the city would need to pay hundreds of millions of dollars a year, and still might not restore funding by 2032. one of the immediate drivers of high risk policies and practices is the assumed investment return. at this time, i'd like to introduce helen blum. she will review the jury's findings on the assumed investment return. she will also answer the respo
one result of the 2008-09 losses is that the san francisco pension fund is underfunded. it is currently valued at approximately 15 billion. but actuaries estimate the funding level needs to be over $18 billion to continue meeting retirees. assuming continuing investment gains and no more investment losses, the city, as employer, needs to take at least $2 billion from its treasury, from now until 2032 to make up for the 2008-09 underfunding. note from this chart, which i don't know if the camera...
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and we're here in san francisco because san francisco is one of the most innovative cities in the galaxy, and it's a very great place to be the home of the challenge america summit, the first-ever challenge america summit. so it's now my job to introduce our first speaker of the night, who is going to officially kick off the first-ever challenge america summit, somebody who has been verylfe instrumental in creating a movement around innovation in san francisco. just a few months ago, announced october as innovation month inla whole lot of work on, you know, creating a@g real ecosystem for entrepreneurs, for governments, for everybody to create new ideas and new innovations. please join me in welcoming mayor ed lee to the floor. >> [applause.] >> thank you. thank you, josh. welcome, everybody. now that i know where i'm at, i want to welcome all of you, i want to of course thank the night challenge -- night rover challenge, nasa, of course, for being here. i also want to thank s.p.u.r. again for hosting it. you know, when i started working with s.p.u.r. many years ago, i knew they were a s
and we're here in san francisco because san francisco is one of the most innovative cities in the galaxy, and it's a very great place to be the home of the challenge america summit, the first-ever challenge america summit. so it's now my job to introduce our first speaker of the night, who is going to officially kick off the first-ever challenge america summit, somebody who has been verylfe instrumental in creating a movement around innovation in san francisco. just a few months ago, announced...
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item five is discussion on the san francisco public utilities commission and for the education plans for the choice aggregation and cleanpower sf program. >> okay. very good. colleagues it's a really as president torres as said it's a momentous occasion, historic occasion we had. we improved our relationship with shell and the allocation for the cleanpower sf and we're looking how the power can be maximized in the next year as we in fact the process of enrollment. i've actually believe that the timing of this could not be anymore -- anymore important to do today because of our global climate change that is happening, and i believe that we're seeing -- actually on the way here today i was listening to the radio. there was a report on democracy now that a portion of our artic ice about the size of the united states of america had melted this year which is significant to really alter what the temperature of the ocean is and we're seeing what really the impact of -- every year we're seeing dramatic examples of climate change and hurricane sandy being one of them. we're also seeing around
item five is discussion on the san francisco public utilities commission and for the education plans for the choice aggregation and cleanpower sf program. >> okay. very good. colleagues it's a really as president torres as said it's a momentous occasion, historic occasion we had. we improved our relationship with shell and the allocation for the cleanpower sf and we're looking how the power can be maximized in the next year as we in fact the process of enrollment. i've actually believe...
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of san francisco. [applause] >> so we know that every great city needs a equally great leader and our first presenter tonight is exactly that. he recognizes the importance of the strength that diversity brings to a city and the people who live in it. >> he's a former advocate of affordable housing and rights of immigrants and renters at his time at the law caucus. after 20 years for the government as investigator for the whistle blower program and director of city purchasing department of public works and city administrator prior to his appointment and election as the city's first chinese american mayor and first asian elected to the office and please join us welcoming our mayor edward m lee. [applause] >> wow thank you very much. good evening everyone. well, it's my pleasure to be here with you tonight and to participate in the recognition and honor of our great leaders from the latino community, and i tell you there are so much construction that our latino community is providing the city in every way
of san francisco. [applause] >> so we know that every great city needs a equally great leader and our first presenter tonight is exactly that. he recognizes the importance of the strength that diversity brings to a city and the people who live in it. >> he's a former advocate of affordable housing and rights of immigrants and renters at his time at the law caucus. after 20 years for the government as investigator for the whistle blower program and director of city purchasing...
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it's good use of scarce land in san francisco. and, in fact, felt that this is a good looking design. and putting this development at this location to our members was a higher use of the land than preserving a
it's good use of scarce land in san francisco. and, in fact, felt that this is a good looking design. and putting this development at this location to our members was a higher use of the land than preserving a
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in saratoga 2000 people are without power. 1500 and san mateo. 850 in south san francisco. 830 in san raphael. 630 in pacifca. 370 in san jose. 300 in san francisco downtown. 180 in palo alto. and in woodside and in some moment. >> there is no time when the power will be restored as we know. we are keeping an eye on caltran which is in turn keeping an eye on bay area roadway is half as they are covering the storm as well. the roadways will be monitored around the clock by caltran. you can see they are watching more than 300 cameras that are situated along highways, streets, bridges, all throughout the bay area. they give california highway patrol a real-time view of traffic. they can use the information to deploy whatever resources are needed. >> if we have it down to be rebuilt as an entry group. if we have it down our line real to notify pg&e. if we have accident chp will be notified. if we have stalled vehicles we send our tow trucks. >> he went on to say that a number of pumps and trains were cleared of debris during the day yesterday. but the amount of rain we have seen tonight i
in saratoga 2000 people are without power. 1500 and san mateo. 850 in south san francisco. 830 in san raphael. 630 in pacifca. 370 in san jose. 300 in san francisco downtown. 180 in palo alto. and in woodside and in some moment. >> there is no time when the power will be restored as we know. we are keeping an eye on caltran which is in turn keeping an eye on bay area roadway is half as they are covering the storm as well. the roadways will be monitored around the clock by caltran. you can...
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this is our 40th anniversary of having a national park in san francisco. so, those strikev lands at the golden gate hills right behind that helicopter there are now part of the golden gate national parks. and that happened 40 years ago when the army decided that those lands were no longer necessary for national defense. so, that strategic entrance to this harbor was the last land that our troops and sailors and marines and soldiers would see if they departed for the pacific theater in world war ii and korea and vietnam, and also the first thing they would see upon returning back to the bay area. so, between the presidio and the head lands, we now have wonderful park lands that have been converted. we call it converting from post to park. repurposing those lands from national defense to environmental defense. and i believe it is probably the most accessful base conversion in the united states. if you haven't been to the presidio, i think you should try and make that. if you're from out of town, it's a spectacular transition there. so, these golden gate nati
this is our 40th anniversary of having a national park in san francisco. so, those strikev lands at the golden gate hills right behind that helicopter there are now part of the golden gate national parks. and that happened 40 years ago when the army decided that those lands were no longer necessary for national defense. so, that strategic entrance to this harbor was the last land that our troops and sailors and marines and soldiers would see if they departed for the pacific theater in world war...
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san francisco, heavier rain approaching the golden gate now. but the rain has been lighter over san francisco this evening. most of the rain still well to the north of us. this system had a lot of moisture associated with it. a lot of rain already in the north bay. over 1 inch in santa rosa, mt. st. helena. >>> we begin our storm coverage in san francisco with jeff bush who is along fol strum strom -- full som folsom street. >> reporter: the neighbors have taken the precaution of putting out sandbags in front of their doors and garages. the sandbags were stacked up neatly to prevent any water come come from coming -- from coming in. several stores and homes were flooded with surge in april from the nearby pipe that failed. more than once in the past you can see that it was a real mess to clean up. and i was out here the time that it happened before in 2009! surge and water flooded the garages and other spaces below the street level. back out here live, the rain has just started to fall again. residents are hoping their precautions will benefit
san francisco, heavier rain approaching the golden gate now. but the rain has been lighter over san francisco this evening. most of the rain still well to the north of us. this system had a lot of moisture associated with it. a lot of rain already in the north bay. over 1 inch in santa rosa, mt. st. helena. >>> we begin our storm coverage in san francisco with jeff bush who is along fol strum strom -- full som folsom street. >> reporter: the neighbors have taken the precaution of...
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i have lived in san francisco for almost 13 years. i own a house in san francisco. i am married and have two kids. prior to owning the food truck i was the general manager of e and o trades company in union square and before that, coyest's colleto restaurant. the food truck was one of those businesses that i could still do something i was passionate about, but be more flexibility with my hours. in the beginning i was at the restaurant all the time and not able to be home with my family. since i started the food truck i have also called a brick-and-mortar cavyes, with cafe in the upper haight. thank you for allowing me to speak. >> thank you. next speaker. >> my name is matt coan and run off the grid, the mobile food truck event company here in town. two years ago we started with one location fort means center and we run ten weekly sessions. we started to work with ten vendors, five trucks and five tents and now we work with over 100 trucks. they are small owner operated businesses and they are exactly the kind of businesses that this commission likes to encourage. s
i have lived in san francisco for almost 13 years. i own a house in san francisco. i am married and have two kids. prior to owning the food truck i was the general manager of e and o trades company in union square and before that, coyest's colleto restaurant. the food truck was one of those businesses that i could still do something i was passionate about, but be more flexibility with my hours. in the beginning i was at the restaurant all the time and not able to be home with my family. since i...
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that's a resource we in san francisco really have to capitalize on. as i look at all these things, frankly i just was talking to somebody this morning, this is like the toy store of resources for me. when you sit on this ship, you look around, yes, it's a ship, it carries helicopters. it is so much more than that. it's a platform that does so many things. it's like your i phone. you ask it what you want it to do and there's probably an app for that. and that's the beauty of it. it's a multi use platform when we started to engage these kinds of resources. so this is my one chance today because this is the last you are going it hear from me today, i get to thank the team that put all this together. i wanted to take a moment and give a shout out to jill raycauft and lucas eckrode and dijon, those are the key players that made this thing happen for you. they are the ones that put together the exercises, they were the ones that were here to 10:00 last night getting this thing set up. in particular for this next one i want to join ben tanner. ben joined the
that's a resource we in san francisco really have to capitalize on. as i look at all these things, frankly i just was talking to somebody this morning, this is like the toy store of resources for me. when you sit on this ship, you look around, yes, it's a ship, it carries helicopters. it is so much more than that. it's a platform that does so many things. it's like your i phone. you ask it what you want it to do and there's probably an app for that. and that's the beauty of it. it's a multi use...
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on the peninsula you can see from south san francisco, san mateo, redwood city as well. now let's take a look over toward wood side. also in the santa cruz mountains not yet but that will be our next focus as this system slides south. we'll have more coming up including the warnings and watches in three minutes. >> steve, we'll keep a watch on that. >>> coming up we are on storm watch. we're windchilling the dangerous highways and tracking the number of power outages. >>> a violent crime on a stormy morning. police in the south bay are investigating. w
on the peninsula you can see from south san francisco, san mateo, redwood city as well. now let's take a look over toward wood side. also in the santa cruz mountains not yet but that will be our next focus as this system slides south. we'll have more coming up including the warnings and watches in three minutes. >> steve, we'll keep a watch on that. >>> coming up we are on storm watch. we're windchilling the dangerous highways and tracking the number of power outages....
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francisco, 1.47" in concord, 1.19" in san jose. we are seeing the become side of this coming up here. another storm on the way will bring heavy rain and flooding. we'll keep our eyes on that for you. >> thank you. >>> a cbs 5 team is out in the storm. we have cate caugiran on the ground in san francisco where trees have caused quite a bit of damage. but first let's check in with roberta gonzales in the east bay where floodwaters are rising. roberta. >> reporter: it's not just the rivers that are rising across the bay area, michelle. no, we are here in pleasanton. besides our el nino year of 1997, 1998, i have never seen such widespread flooding. i brought this tape to see how deep it is here and it's over a foot and a half of ponding on this road. this is crazy. i have to tell you, i started hearing the raindrops off my rooftop right after midnight and this rain has not let up all cause by the low pressure to the west causing a training effect. the rain just keeps steadily moving in as lawrence was alluding to, we have more rain co
francisco, 1.47" in concord, 1.19" in san jose. we are seeing the become side of this coming up here. another storm on the way will bring heavy rain and flooding. we'll keep our eyes on that for you. >> thank you. >>> a cbs 5 team is out in the storm. we have cate caugiran on the ground in san francisco where trees have caused quite a bit of damage. but first let's check in with roberta gonzales in the east bay where floodwaters are rising. roberta. >> reporter:...